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Can You Get Into Harvard R2 after Stanford R1 Rejection?
Stanford has made its decisions about which candidates it has admitted in Round 1 of this year. You may have received disappointing news, but bear in mind that Stanford’s rejection rate is approximately 93%, so many well-credentialed candidates will not gain admission. You may be wondering whether you can gain admission to Harvard if you did not gain admission to Stanford.
In my opinion, Stanford is the hardest full-time MBA program to access. Stanford GSB sets the academic bar very high, which eliminates many candidates (Stanford desires a GMAT score around 720+ and GPA around 3.7+; there are exceptions but, in general, the bar is high). Even beyond that, Stanford wants to admit not just leaders, but leaders who have demonstrated amazing impact already through their roles in the workplace and in the community. Stanford also wants candidates who are seeking to be great transformers through their careers and often favors candidates with long-term entrepreneurial aims. Becoming a Managing Director at a large-scale, established consulting company or investment bank is often not enough.
Harvard, by contrast, is nearly three times Stanford’s size in terms of its incoming class. With the much larger class size, your odds of gaining admission are better statistically. Harvard strives to admit proven leaders, and if it believes it sees great leadership in a candidate, it is more willing than Stanford to overlook a less-than-ideal GPA or GMAT score. Harvard wants to train future leaders in a broad spectrum of business arenas, and therefore it is often fine if you aren’t aiming to build the next entrepreneurial “unicorn” and you are aiming for something less extravagant, like becoming a Managing Director in a large venture capital company. You don’t have to have strong entrepreneurial long-term goals to do well at Harvard.
So, in general, the answers is yes, you may have a good shot at Harvard in Round 2 if you are a well-qualified candidate. Nevertheless, many candidates worry that they will be applying to Harvard in Round 2 rather than Round 1. But, all top business schools including Harvard realize that many great candidates will apply in Round 2, in part because candidates have time during their winter breaks from work to prepare their applications. So, Harvard usually keeps enough seats available to give deep consideration to great candidates.
If you decide to apply to Harvard, get moving, because the deadline is approaching quickly (early January). Try to identify why you did not gain admission to Stanford in Round 1 and move forward in a way that avoids any R1 mistakes you may have made.
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